Volgograd
Renamed Soviet city
Volgograd is a major Russian city on the Volga River, known as Stalingrad from 1925 to 1961.
The Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43) was a turning point of World War II, where Soviet forces defeated the German army at enormous human cost.
The city was renamed after de-Stalinization but remains synonymous with that brutal siege.
Elongated ground excavations
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- infantryGround combat troops
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
combat · assault · barrage · battalion · encirclement · division · flank · grenade
Structure honoring someone remembered
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- tributeOffering of respect
veterans · valor · courage · fallen · reverence · cenotaph · commemoration · wreath-laying
Encirclement forcing surrender
- liberationRelease from constraint
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- renamingGiving new designation
- StalinSoviet autocrat, mid-century
Khrushchev · revolution · Bolsheviks · industrialization · transformation · wartime · occupation · counteroffensive
Of factories and production
- tramUrban rail vehicle
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- metroUrban rail transit
- downtownCentral business district
infrastructure · population · suburbs · metropolitan · municipality · civic · residents · district
trenches
Elongated ground excavations
- artilleryLarge-caliber battlefield weapons
- infantryGround combat troops
- siegeEncirclement forcing surrender
tactics · combat · assault · barrage · battalion · encirclement · division · flank · grenade · logistics
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
- heroesAdmired courageous figures
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
tribute · veterans · valor · courage · fallen · reverence · cenotaph · commemoration · wreath-laying · honour
siege
Encirclement forcing surrender
- liberationRelease from constraint
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- renamingGiving new designation
Stalin · Khrushchev · revolution · Bolsheviks · industrialization · transformation · wartime · occupation · counteroffensive
industrial
Of factories and production
- tramUrban rail vehicle
- hydroelectricGenerated by flowing water
- metroUrban rail transit
downtown · infrastructure · population · suburbs · metropolitan · municipality · civic · residents · district · embankment
VolgogradMoscow
Russia's capital city
St. Petersburg · Leningrad · the Kremlin · Petersburg · Stalingrad